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How does Areca detect modified or new files when incremental backups are chosen ?

April 26, 2017areca backups chosen detect files incremental modified

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How does Areca detect modified or new files when incremental backups are chosen ?

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Areca uses the file’s size and last modification time to detect modified files. If one of these attributes is modified (whatever its value is), the file is flagged as modified.